One of the outdoor Christmas items that James really wanted this year was a giant inflatable Santa. We found one for a great price and all of the boys  were thrilled with the new Christmas decoration. We spent last Friday setting up the Santa on the lawn, and it was all tethered into place.

Last night the weather was turning bad, and really windy for this time of the year. I turned on the weather channel to see just how bad the weather was going to get, they were calling for thunderstorms and 35 mile and hour winds. All of the sudden thought I had better go outside and check on the inflatable Santa.

I went to the front door and Santa was gone!!! Uh Oh (as Dylan would say)! I ran outside, and saw Santa clinging to the house, flapping in the wind. One of the tethers  had snapped, and Santa was hanging on by the extension cord. I called up to James to come and help me rescue Santa, so we both headed outside and deflated Santa, and brought him indoors for the night.

So here is Santa today, deflated in a sad pile in the Foyer. This morning I brought the boys downstairs and Dylan looked over at poor Santa and said “uh oh Santa”. Thade was really worried that Santa was now indoors instead of being on the front lawn. I hope to get Santa back on the lawn this afternoon, if the weather holds out…